- a variation of Piraeus.
Peiraeus
Britishnoun
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News had come from Peiraeus that a cargo from the U.S. had arrived on a Swedish ship.
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In the basin of Peiraeus, ships have to be parked by hawser, like so many cars in a tiny square.
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When bombs fell on Peiraeus and elsewhere around Athens, Dr. Shear shut up shop abruptly.
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It is estimated that 40,000 people died of hunger in Athens and Peiraeus between last Oct.
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The Peiraeus, which Population. in 1834 possessed only a few hundred inhabitants, in 1879 possessed 21,618; in 1889, 34,327; in 1896, 43,848.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
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